COADY, Vernon Gwillim
| Service Number: | 3051 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Eaglehawk State School and St Andrew's College, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Eaglehawk Uniting Church Honour Board and Memorial Windows |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3051, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3051, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3051, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3051, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
"The news that Private Vernon Gwillim Coady had been killed in action in France on July 25 was yesterday received from the Defence Department by the Rev. J. Polkinghorne, of Eaglehawk, who was requested to convey the sad intelligence to the bereaved relatives.
The Reverend Mr. Polkinghorne ascertained that the deceased soldier's mother (Mrs Coady) was living with her daughter, Mrs W. Coakes, in Derby Street, Sunshine. The father had died early last May.
Private Coady was employed in the Bendigo office of the Water Commission.
The deceased soldier, who was about 23 years of age, was formerly a member of the Eaglehawk West Methodist Sunday School."
Source: Bendigo Advertiser, Monday, September 4, 1916
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Commemorated in Eaglehawk Cemetery, Victoria.
Parents: James (d. 5 May 1916, aged 65; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) and Anne (d. 23 December 1938; bu. Eaglehawk Cemetery) COADY, Peg Leg Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria
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